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Re: Scripting zip
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Philip Aker <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:10:49 -0800
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On 2006-03-22, at 01:24:16, Nobumi Iyanaga wrote:

>> You can delete those .DS_Store files first with the 'find' command.

> Could you please tell me how to do this?

Hi Nobumi,

A basic usage is: find path type pattern command


So to see what we are about to delete:

find ~/Desktop/folder -name .DS_Store -print


And to delete them:

find ~/Desktop/folder -name .DS_Store -delete


> Can I delete .DS_Store files in multiple nested folders...?

Yes!


Philip Aker
philip_aker->mac.dot.com

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